In 2008, and then in 2000, this strategy was extremely helpful to the point where you could about break even if you did it rise versus losing 50% or more. Historically, concentration of risk and equities is more dangerous than leverage on a broad set of asset classes. The Fed can't stop the business cycle. I think they've begun to realize that they shouldn't just peg interest rates at zero. It creates chaos and do massive QE.

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